Valedictorians and salutatorians reflect on their time at BSM

Senior William Valley’s hard work and perseverance has paid off throughout the entirety of high school at BSM, as he has successfully maintained a 4.0 GPA and earned the title of valedictorian. Valley was honored to receive this title as it fulfilled a successful four years of high school. “The honor definitely means a lot to me as it is a representation of all the hard work I've put into my...

Kiara Herro is one of two salutatorians for the class of 2020, managing to earn all A’s and only two A-’s during her four years at Benilde-St. Margaret’s. Herro was excited, but also surprised to earn this honor because she had started off freshman year with two A-’s. “This honor is super exciting for me because it shows how my hard work over the years has paid off. It's also super excit...

Sarah Luong, BSM’s recipient of the 2020 Athena Award, varsity volleyball and math league captain, and one of this year’s valedictorians, has excelled on the court and in the classroom in her six years at BSM. Throughout her years, she has taken challenging classes, including many AP and Honors courses, such as AP English Composition and AP Physics; however, AP English Composition was also one...

Each year, BSM honors the students in the senior class who have the highest cumulative GPA by the end of their high school career. This year, one of the eight valedictorians is Joe Marinaro. The valedictorian title is the highest academic achievement at BSM and requires a lot of determination and drive. “This honor means a lot to me. I had to put in 3.5 years of really, really hard work to get...

After years of hard work, Valedictorian Ronan Brew can finally say it has paid off.  It wasn’t easy. Countless hours of studying has been put towards Brew’s goal. “Balancing my time was always a very strenuous process for me. I have a broad range of interests outside the classroom that always kept me busy. To be honest, amidst schoolwork, club and high school soccer, mock trial, and speech...

Maggie Murnan is one of two hard-working salutatorians for the Class of 2020. Murnan received all A’s and only two A-’s throughout her entire high school career. When just starting high school, Murnan’s goal was to get good grades in school, and she did just that and more. “I always wanted to get good grades; I don't know if being salutatorian was necessarily my goal. It was more just getti...

After four years of hard work and challenging classes, BSM senior Elizabeth Valley has graduated as valedictorian among six others. She considers being valedictorian a great honor and culmination of four years of diligent schoolwork. “I feel accomplished and am happy to have received this honor because it represents the hard work I’ve put in for the past four years,” Valley said. Valley...

There was a time when Dominic Vogel wasn’t quite six feet tall yet, and couldn’t tell you the first 192 digits of pi. There was also a time when his most distinguishable feature was not his chiseled jaw, but instead the poof of red hair on his head. But now, Vogel is a BSM valedictorian for the class of 2020. Vogel began his BSM journey in 2014 as a 7th grader in the junior high, but obviously...